Exploratory randomized trial on the effect of a brief psychological intervention on emotions, quality of life, discontinuation, and pregnancy rates in in vitro fertilization patients

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 440-451.e7

  Domar, Alice D ^a   Gross, Jill ^a   Rooney, Kristin ^a   Boivin, Jacky ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive coping and relaxation intervention; compliance; depression; discontinuation; dropout; IVF; Positive Reappraisal Coping Intervention; stress management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITIVE COPING AND RELAXATION INTERVENTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; ROUTINE CARE; STRESS MANAGEMENT; THERAPY EFFECT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EARLY INTERVENTION; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84938291995     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.05.009     Document Type: Article

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